Paolo Maria Pavan The Hidden Footprint of Remote Teams In early 2021, I visited an old friend, a self-proclaimed digital nomad running a remote-first consultancy from his renovated farmhouse in Drenthe. We sipped coffee by a wood stove while he explained ... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 5, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Netherlands, July 2025: Inflation at 2.9%, But What Does Your Wallet Say? Let me begin with a story. In the Dutch summer of 2022, a friend of mine, a precision-driven restaurant owner in Amsterdam, told me something that struck harder than any macroeconomic report: "Paolo, ... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 5, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Founder Burnout = Governance Breakdown In 2017, I met the owner of a small restaurant in Rotterdam, Mediterranean kitchen, fiftyseats, full most nights. His name was Karim. The food was honest, the reviews glowing, the staff loyal. But tha... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 4, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Retail’s Quiet Roar: What 3.3% in June Really Tells Us Not All Growth Is Equal,And Not All Decline Is A Crisis When the Dutch retail sector reports a 3.3% increase in turnover for June 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, many instinctively raise a gl... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 4, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Scalable Leadership: Hard Truths for Small Business Owners Years ago, I sat across from a baker in Milan whose croissants were the talk of the street, but whose staff turnover was the talk of his accountant. “They leave as soon as they learn the ropes,” he co... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 1, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Dutch Industry Is Flatlining, Here’s Why That Should Terrify (or Empower) Your Business Strategy The Calm That Should Make You Nervous It’s easy to miss danger when it doesn’t scream. The latest Dutch industrial price data doesn’t scream, it whispers. A tiny dip of 0.2% in June. Flat. Unremarkabl... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 1, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Minimalism as Environmental Governance For micro and small business owners in the Netherlands, the term "environmental governance" often feels distant, like a policy manual written in someone else’s language. But it’s not. It’s about how y... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 31, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan THE SHAKY STAGE OF STABILITY: What July 2025 Is Really Telling Dutch Entrepreneurs When the Cycle Speaks, Listen Carefully July 2025 didn't scream. It sighed. For anyone watching the Business Cycle Tracer from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the story isn't in the numbers themselves, ... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 31, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Informal Power Still Needs Oversight In my early thirties, I worked with a Manifactur owner in Sondrio (IT) who swore his cousin “just helps with deliveries.” No contract. No payroll. No title. Yet every major decision, from hiring staff... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 30, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan The Illusion of Stability: What the Labour Market Isn’t Telling You Let’s begin with a paradox. In the second quarter of 2025, the Dutch labour market appeared… calm. Vacancies fell by 7,000. Unemployed fell by 4,000. Jobs increased by 24,000. The magic number? For ev... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 30, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Team Size Doesn’t Equal Simplicity In 2018, I met a woman in Utrecht who ran a two-person catering business. She told me, “We’re just small, so we don’t need all that structure.” Two months later, her business shut down after a client ... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 29, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan The 43% Lie: Why Dutch Debt Isn’t as Safe as They Tell You The Number is Not the Message You’ve seen the headline: “Dutch public debt at 43.2% of GDP in Q1 2025,well below the EU limit of 60%.” So the system is healthy? Let’s slow down. In governance, as in l... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 29, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
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